On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:55:29 -0400 (EDT), "Dave Mertens"
<dmertens@ism.nl> wrote:
>I have possibly found an error in the strict xhtml 1.0 DTD.
>Buttons in forms can be set in 2 ways:
><input type="submit" name="action" value="send" />
><button type="submit" name="action" value="send" />
>Both give the same result. There i conclude that the input-types are only
>there for compibilty, so that part is transitional and not strict.
>If i'm wrong what's the differents between the two tags?
I'm may be missing some part of your real question here, but there is a
difference between the two elements for sure.
From the dtd...
<!ELEMENT input EMPTY> <!-- form control -->
<!ELEMENT button %button.content;> <!-- push button -->
See that 'EMPTY' versus 'button.content' ?
<button type="submit" name="action" value="send">some content for a
button</button>
...would be a way to use the 'button' element but that would be invalid
for 'input'
The description of the two elements can be read in the HTML4.01 rec.
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